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Community Investment Strategies, Inc. (CIS), a women-owned leader in affordable housing, has announced a strategic partnership with the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation to preserve and rehabilitate affordable housing in Elizabeth.
The first phase of this collaboration will support the renovation of Portside II, a 169-unit affordable housing community for low-income families. Originally completed in 2006 as part of the HOPE VI redevelopment, Portside II has been recognized for its contributions to the city’s revitalization.
CIS, founded by President and CEO Christiana Foglio, is dedicated to ensuring long-term housing stability through innovative funding strategies, policy advocacy, and community engagement. The Dodge Foundation’s predevelopment financial support will help maintain affordability, enhance accessibility, and improve living conditions for residents.
“This partnership enables us to expand our reach and secure critical funding early in the process,” said Foglio. “Our investment in Portside II will preserve safe, sustainable, and affordable housing for generations to come.”
Join your CNJG CEO colleagues for a monthly peer-to-peer gathering via Zoom focused on you, your role, and your unique and particular challenges as the leader for your organization. If you’re the CEO, Executive Director, Executive Officer – this time and space from 4:00 – 5:00 pm on the third Wednesday of the month - is just for you. This is an opportunity to connect directly with your CEO peers for conversation, community and lightly facilitated topical conversations. The space is yours to share your experiences and challenges, ask questions, and offer ideas on how to support each other and your work. This is also an opportunity to build your relationships with you colleague CEOs in the CNJG network.
Cost: Free for CNJG Members
For more information, please reach out to Theresa Jacks, President and CEO, CNJG.
Join your CNJG CEO colleagues for a monthly peer-to-peer gathering via Zoom focused on you, your role, and your unique and particular challenges as the leader for your organization. If you’re the CEO, Executive Director, Executive Officer – this time and space from 4:00 – 5:00 pm on the third Wednesday of the month - is just for you. This is an opportunity to connect directly with your CEO peers for conversation, community and lightly facilitated topical conversations. The space is yours to share your experiences and challenges, ask questions, and offer ideas on how to support each other and your work. This is also an opportunity to build your relationships with you colleague CEOs in the CNJG network.
Cost: Free for CNJG Members
For more information, please reach out to Theresa Jacks, President and CEO, CNJG.
Join your CNJG CEO colleagues for a monthly peer-to-peer gathering via Zoom focused on you, your role, and your unique and particular challenges as the leader for your organization. If you’re the CEO, Executive Director, Executive Officer – this time and space from 4:00 – 5:00 pm on the third Wednesday of the month - is just for you. This is an opportunity to connect directly with your CEO peers for conversation, community and lightly facilitated topical conversations. The space is yours to share your experiences and challenges, ask questions, and offer ideas on how to support each other and your work. This is also an opportunity to build your relationships with you colleague CEOs in the CNJG network.
Cost: Free for CNJG Members
For more information, please reach out to Theresa Jacks, President and CEO, CNJG.
A CNJG member received an application from a school district, and wanted to know if others granted funds to a school district, and what other funders learned from granting to a district.
Mayor Ras Baraka has announced a second round of funding through the city's Creative Catalyst Fund that will provide artists and art groups with flexible grant support during the coronavirus crisis and beyond.
In January 2020, Mayor Baraka announced a broad vision for the city's cultural sector that encourages equitable funding for the arts and the kind of investment that will help sustain the creative community and grassroots arts organizations. The Creative Catalyst Fund launched in April 2020, in the early part of the COVID-19 crisis that took an enormous financial toll on the creative sector.
"Newark has been a center for the arts throughout its history," said Mayor Baraka. "COVID-19 has severely impacted our arts community – creating economic loss for artists and galleries. It has also provided them with a new canvas of experiences to document creatively. It is both a moral and economic imperative for us to support our local arts community by helping them regain their footing and continue to curate and tell the stories of Newark and its people."